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Java Authentication and Authorization Service, or JAAS, pronounced "Jazz", is a Java security framework for user-centric security to augment the Java code-based security. Since JRE 1.4 JAAS has been integrated with the JRE - previously JAAS was supplied as an extension library by Sun. Java is a programming language originally developed by Sun Microsystems and released in 1995. ...


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Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)in Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4 (2329 words)
Authentication is based on the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAMs) with a framework to be used for both clients and servers.
Authorization is an extension of the existing policy-based mechanism which is used to specify what permissions an application (or executing code) can and cannot do.
JAAS authentication is performed in a pluggable fashion enabling Java applications to remain independent of the underlying authentication mechanism, and JAAS authorization augments the existing code-centric Java security architecture with user-based access controls and authentication capabilities.
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